Carrying attachment for hand-cars



(No Model.)

J. W. GREENE.

CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR HAND CARS.

No. 481,021. Patented Aug. 16, 1892.

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JAMES "WJGREENE, OF WHITE CITY, KANSAS.

CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR HAND-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,021, dated August16, 1892.

Application filed July 22, 1891. Serial No. 400,325- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES l/V. GREENE, a citizen of the United States,residing at White City, in the county of Morris and State of Kansas,have invented certain newand useful ImprovementsinVVater-Keg CarriersforRailway Hand-Oars; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The drinking-Water for the use of the section-men, track and bridgerepairers, laborers, and others employed along the line of railroads iscarried in a keg or barrel that is placed upon the platform of ahand-car, upon which car the men ride and by which their tools, &c.,arecarried to and from work. The space upon the platform of these hand-carsis quite limited,-of which the water-keg occupies a considerableportion, and not infrequently is thesource of serious accidents to themen upon the car by reason of the keg being jolted beneath thehand-lever by which the car is propelled, causing the loss of a fingeror broken arm or bruises or breakage of the lever.

The object of thisinvention is to overcome the foregoing-enumeratedobjections by providing a support or carrier for the water-keg, wherebysaid keg is securely held in place and out of the way of the men, thekeg-carrier being independent of the hand-car and detachabletherefrom,as and for the purpose as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In carrying out my invention I proceed as follows, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, wherein- Figure 1is a view in perspective of a railway hand-car frame having attached tothe side thereof a water-keg carrier constructed according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a planview.

The letter A indicates one of the inner beams or sills of an ordinaryhand-car, and B the outer sill, extending through which sills of thehand-car are bars or rods 0 O, at whose outer ends the keg-carrier issupported. The outside sill B is slotted, as at b, to permitlats eralmovement of the bars (J, and such bars are, as shown in Fig. l,held inplace by nuts,

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keg-carrier frame, which straps have eyes f at their outer ends, thatwhen the carrier is in position engage the hooks cl on the carframe.

Suitable hooks, as at G, are provided, that engage eyes on the keg forholding said keg in its proper upright position, and instead of the barsor rods 0 O terminating in hooks, as shown in Fig. 1, such bars may forman integral part of the keg-frame, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case thekeg-carrier is held in place by pins H, that project down through thesill B and the bars, thus preventing their accidental displacement, theinner ends of such bars resting beneath the car-platform.

H H are steps or angle-irons that are held upon the rods 0, and uponwhich the inner sills of the keg-carrier frame rest, as shownin Fig. 2.

I have shown and described the water-keg carrier as arranged to projectfrom the outside of the hand-car; but it is evident that such may bemade so as to project from either end of the car instead of at the side,and be ing made detachable from the hand-car, the ke -carrier maybequickly removed when not intended for use or when entering the car- Bythis arrangement the water-keg is placed out of the way of those uponthe car. There is no danger of its falling off the caror getting in theway of the operating-lever.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1, The combination, withacar having hookended rods projecting therefrom,of a frame or support adapted to receive a keg or like receptacle andhaving means for the proper retention of said keg or receptacle inposition thereon, said frame or support having straps adapted. to engagesaid hook-ended rods, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a car having hookended rods projectingtherefrom, of a frame or supporthaving a circular base thereon and aeamez hooks to scour-e a keg or like receptacle in extend through thesill of the car fmmo, and propev position upon said base, and upturnedto which bars the keg-carrier is secured for to eye-ended straps adaptedto engage said rods, the purposes specified.

and an de-irons havin said rods passing 1 5 therefro m, substantially asset forth. JAMES GREENE 3. The combination, with a, railway hand- Inpresence ofcar, of a frame for holding a Water-keg, de- IT. M. JONES,

tachably secured to the hand-car by bars that, C. G. PHILLIPS.

